León are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Veracruz

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Competition: Mexico Liga MX
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio León (33943 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with León leading Veracruz by 16 points.

The visiting Veracruz played their last game only three days ago, a Copa MX match. That game was also an away game, at Toluca. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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León form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what León have to build on here at Estadio León in the Liga MX.

León lost their last game at Puebla (placed 16th) after a 1-2 scoreline. In the match before that, León hosted Atlas and drew the game 1-1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), León's attacking play is working. On the other hand, León have conceded 7 goals.

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Veracruz form and stats

Veracruz, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Liga MX, are still without points from their Liga MX away games. 5 games, 5 defeats. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Veracruz, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Pachuca game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. It's all red in the travel logs of Veracruz, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Veracruz play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Toluca (placed 15th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Toluca in the Liga MX.

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any point(s) for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Veracruz as the away team, we found two results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. The outsiders lost 1 of these games by at least two goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Veracruz's away games in the league this season with only 0 goals from 5 matches. The Veracruz defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 10 León victories, 0 draws and 0 Veracruz wins. 8 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

I. Sosa
6 goals / 2 assists
J. Macías
6 goals / 2 assists
Á. Mena
6 goals / 1 assists

León missing players

Veracruz missing players

León Veracruz
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 5 11
5 2 2 Won W 0 0 0
4 3 0 Drew D 0 0 3
2 0 0 Lost L 2 5 8
25 10 7 Scored S 0 0 6
16 7 4 Conceded C 12 17 30
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
91% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
73% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 55%
64% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 36%
27% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 40% 36%
82% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 36%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
9% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 64%
 
5.5 7.8 7.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 3 3.4
4.9 3.2 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 4.4 4
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.6 1.7
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • León have not yet lost a game at home.
  • León have scored more than double the goals of Veracruz.
  • León have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • León have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Veracruz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Veracruz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Veracruz have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Veracruz have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Veracruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

León
All Liga MX Club Friendlies Copa MX
All Home Away
01-09-19 LM Tigres UANL 1 - 1 León
15-09-19 LM León 3 - 1 Juarez
21-09-19 LM Necaxa 2 - 4 León
25-09-19 LM León 1 - 1 Atlas
28-09-19 LM Puebla 2 - 1 León
05-10-19 LM León 22:00 Veracruz
20-10-19 LM Pumas UNAM 17:00 León
27-10-19 LM León 01:00 Atletico San Luis
01-11-19 LM Cruz Azul 03:00 León
04-11-19 LM León 02:00 Morelia
Veracruz
All Liga MX Copa MX
All Home Away
14-09-19 LM Veracruz 0 - 0 Cruz Azul
23-09-19 LM Juarez 2 - 0 Veracruz
26-09-19 LM Santos Laguna 5 - 0 Veracruz
30-09-19 LM Veracruz 1 - 1 Toluca
02-10-19 CM Toluca 2 - 0 Veracruz
05-10-19 LM León 22:00 Veracruz
13-10-19 CM Veracruz 02:00 Toluca
19-10-19 LM Veracruz 02:00 Tigres UANL
23-10-19 CM Veracruz - Zacatepec FC
26-10-19 LM Tijuana 02:06 Veracruz

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Santos Laguna 11 7 2 2 26 14 6 5 1 0 19 4 5 2 1 2 7 10 12 23
2 Necaxa 12 6 3 3 23 14 7 3 3 1 16 7 5 3 0 2 7 7 9 21
3 América 12 5 6 1 19 13 7 4 3 0 16 8 5 1 3 1 3 5 6 21
4 León 11 5 4 2 25 16 5 2 3 0 10 7 6 3 1 2 15 9 9 19
5 Pachuca 12 5 3 4 26 19 6 3 0 3 11 9 6 2 3 1 15 10 7 18
6 Querétaro 11 5 3 3 19 13 5 2 1 2 7 8 6 3 2 1 12 5 6 18
7 Tigres UANL 11 4 5 2 15 11 5 2 2 1 9 6 6 2 3 1 6 5 4 17
8 Pumas UNAM 11 5 2 4 12 9 6 4 1 1 9 3 5 1 1 3 3 6 3 17
9 Atlas 12 5 2 5 14 13 7 3 1 3 9 7 5 2 1 2 5 6 1 17
10 Tijuana 11 5 2 4 19 21 5 3 2 0 9 6 6 2 0 4 10 15 -2 17
11 Morelia 11 5 1 5 13 12 5 3 0 2 4 2 6 2 1 3 9 10 1 16
12 Monterrey 12 5 1 6 15 17 6 4 0 2 10 8 6 1 1 4 5 9 -2 16
13 Atlético San Luis 11 4 2 5 15 18 6 1 2 3 7 10 5 3 0 2 8 8 -3 14
14 Cruz Azul 12 2 7 3 12 14 5 1 4 0 6 4 7 1 3 3 6 10 -2 13
15 Toluca 12 3 3 6 10 15 5 2 0 3 5 6 7 1 3 3 5 9 -5 12
16 Puebla 11 3 3 5 13 22 6 2 1 3 7 13 5 1 2 2 6 9 -9 12
17 Guadalajara 11 3 2 6 15 20 5 3 0 2 9 6 6 0 2 4 6 14 -5 11
18 Juárez 11 3 2 6 8 14 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 0 1 5 2 11 -6 11
19 Veracruz 11 0 3 8 6 30 6 0 3 3 6 13 5 0 0 5 0 17 -24 3

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